Ordinary Gweilo
It's not big and it's not clever, it's just a Brit in Hong Kong writing (mainly) about Hong Kong
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Month: Nov 2007
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One thing that annoyed me about all the advertising for Now’s Mega Sports Pack was that it was far from clear what was on offer. Well, now we know, and it is somewhat better than expected. As well as the ‘on demand’ service for EPL games, they also have a similar service for the Champions…
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More nonsense in the SCMP today (subscription required): Losses from pay TV piracy down 15pc with use of secure network Frederick Yeung and Celine Sun Nov 01, 2007 Pay TV piracy in Hong Kong is estimated to result in total losses of HK$213 million this year, down 15 per cent from last year, a poll has…
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What is a computer? Why do we have "computers" when actually what many people need is one or more consumer devices (or "appliances") that do a fairly limited number of things (such as web surfing, playing games, watching movies, and word processing) as painlessly as possible, and without having to worry about viruses and upgrading…
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